Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VMware Player, Server,
and Workstation, allowing remote and local attackers to conduct several
attacks, including privilege escalation, remote execution of arbitrary
code, and a Denial of Service.

Background

VMware Player, Server, and Workstation allow emulation of a complete PC
on a PC without the usual performance overhead of most emulators.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VMware Player, Server,
and Workstation. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.

Impact

Local users may be able to gain escalated privileges, cause a Denial of
Service, or gain sensitive information.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial
of Service. Remote attackers also may be able to spoof DNS traffic, read
arbitrary files, or inject arbitrary web script to the VMware Server
Console.
Furthermore, guest OS users may be able to execute arbitrary code on the
host OS, gain escalated privileges on the guest OS, or cause a Denial of
Service (crash the host OS).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo discontinued support for VMware Player. We recommend that users
unmerge VMware Player:

Code:

# emerge --unmerge "app-emulation/vmware-player"

NOTE: Users could upgrade to
“>=app-emulation/vmware-player-3.1.5”, however these packages are
not currently stable.
Gentoo discontinued support for VMware Workstation. We recommend that
users unmerge VMware Workstation:

Code:

# emerge --unmerge "app-emulation/vmware-workstation"

NOTE: Users could upgrade to
“>=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-7.1.5”, however these packages
are not currently stable.
Gentoo discontinued support for VMware Server. We recommend that users
unmerge VMware Server: